Axon Clips Chapter 7

Rani: "Last Stop"

• Audio Compilation 8min 33sec

No, No, No

No, No, No
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(sounds of office)
(chatter on)
Rani: Hey, Sarah-John.
Sarah: (on chatter) Wow, you're calling from work. This must be important. Did you get another--
Rani: I got another letter from Nick! He said that--
(men enter through far door)
Rani: Oh my god. Sarah-John?
Sarah: What? Rani? Rani?
Rani: Oh no. No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Sarah: Rani? Rani, is someone there? Rani, say something, I'm really scared here.

Dress uniform

Dress uniform
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Rani: Oh, Nick...
Sarah: Nick? Rani, talk to me!
Rani: Two soldiers, in dress uniform. Oh god, they stopped at Beth's cubicle.
Soldier: (distant) Mrs. Collingwood, I regret to inform you, your husband, Keith Collingwood, was killed in action off Reach last month. The Navy wants you to know he fought bravely and his sacrifice will not be in vain.
(woman crying)
Sarah: Her what?
Rani: Her husband. He's on a ship. Oh my god, Sarah-John. One soldier means wounded and two means...
Sarah: Oh, Rani.
Rani: Oh, I thought it was Nick. I thought they had come to tell me it was Nick. Oh, Sarah-John, her face.

Last week

Last week
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Sarah: Rani, it's okay.
Rani: They wouldn't come to tell me, anyway. I don't have that kind of claim, do I?
Sarah: They'd tell his mother.
Rani: Right. Of course.
Sarah: Come back home, j-just for the weekend.
Rani: Life is too short to keep running home, Sarah-John.
Sarah: Rani...
Rani: I've been thinking about it. Somebody was coming to kill me last week, and I'm going to find out why.

Divorced bureaucrat

Divorced bureaucrat
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Announcer: Washington, Capital City Station. Anyone wishing to exit at Capital City, please disembark now. Capital City.
(train arrives)
Herzog: Pardon me, Miss.
Rani: Hey, what do you think you're-- ...It's you.
Herzog: Is that who it is?
Rani: No, I mean it's really you. The cranky old man on the CP.
Herzog: How do you know? Did you find a picture?
Rani: I just knew. I knew what you would be like.
Herzog: What am I - like?
Rani: Inconspicuous, dressed like a divorced bureaucrat.
Herzog: (chuckle) I am a divorced bureaucrat.

Old Washington

Old Washington
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Herzog: Come, take a walk with me.
Rani: What if I don't want to?
Herzog: Three close personal friends of the guy who fell off your roof last week have my house staked out. Wouldn't you like to know why?
Rani: Oh my god.
Herzog: So, come, walk with me already.
Rani: How did you know I would be on that train?
Herzog: I am a very old, enormously talented spy, Rani. I've been running agents since the year your mother learned to ride a bike. I know how your mind works. I know you better than you know yourself.
Rani: Yeah, but how did you really know?
Herzog: We put a bug in your purse.
Rani: Dammit!
Herzog: That reminds me, once you start getting your extra pay from my department, buy yourself some decent accessories. Your idea of business clothes makes you look like a sunday school teacher.
Rani: Why, you pompous, old, Washington son of a--
(train horns)

A pawn

A pawn
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Rani: Let me guess... according to Section 3--
Herzog: --There is no device.
Rani: So where is it now?... oh.
Herzog: I'm really sorry about this.
Rani: Chawla base! The base where I work!
Herzog: Rani...
Rani: You got me this job in the first place, didn't you? You and that lowdown scheming Professor Avi... you set me up so you would have a pawn on the inside!
Herzog/Cranky: You think I don't have problems of my own? In my day we didn't complain when someone offered us a job, no sir.

Little brave

Little brave
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Rani: Well, this is my day, and I don't know.I- I'm thinking I might quit and go home, but I'm afraid y'all won't let me.
Herzog: You're going to have to be a little brave, Rani. I'm sorry about that, but the times don't give us many choices these days. There's a young man, up on an orbital platform tonight--
Rani: Please don't. I really don't want you to know about him.
Herzog: Rani, I have my enemies, but I have my friends too. They're watching over you. Take a little comfort from that.
Rani: Mhm, I'll try.
Herzog: Get on your train, go home, go to work like nothing happened. All I ask is that you keep your eyes open. Can you do that?
Rani: Oh yes. It's remembering to keep them shut's the problem.

Coney Island

Coney Island
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(on the train)
Joe: Is this seat taken?
Rani: Hm? Oh, no, go ahead.
Joe: Thanks. Name's Joe.
Rani: Hey, I'm Rani.
Joe: I'm going to New York. You going to New York?
Rani: Boston.
Joe: Boston... huh. Well, I'm headed to New York. Three days of leave. I mean to use them.
Rani: Mhm, I gathered.
Joe: Ever been to Coney Island at night?
Rani: